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The Edinburgh International Book Festival Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 55

  1. Mary Josephine Robson 2018-2026 Director View profile
  2. Irene Mary Grant 2018-2026 Director View profile
  3. Claire Mccartney Urquhart 2017-2025 Director View profile
  4. Professor Jacqueline Margaret Kay 2016-2024 Director View profile
  5. Francis Giles Bickmore 2015-2024 Director View profile
  6. Allan Little 2015-2024 Director View profile
  7. Hannah Westland 2014-2019 Director View profile
  8. Fiammetta Giovanna Gisella Rocco 2010-2024 Director View profile
  9. Andrew Cecil Franklin 2005-2014 Director View profile
  10. Fiona Janet Brownlee 2003-2015 Director View profile
  11. Tom Connor 2003-2018 Director View profile
  12. James Malise Dundas Jauncey 2001-2015 Director View profile
  13. Carol Ann Wood 2001-2018 Director View profile
  14. Lady Susan Ilene Rice 2001-2015 Director View profile
  15. Nicola Stonehill 2001-2010 Director View profile
  16. Ewan Easton 2001-2017 Director View profile
  17. Judy Moir 2001-2003 Director View profile
  18. William Alexander Atkinson 2001-2005 Director View profile
  19. Matthew Perren 2000-2001 Director View profile
  20. Honor Jean Wilson-Fletcher 1997-2001 Director View profile
  21. Susan Sandon 1997-2003 Director View profile
  22. Chris Dolan 1996-2001 Director View profile
  23. Frederick Patrick Mair Johnston 1996-2001 Director View profile
  24. Marion Frances Sinclair 1996-2001 Director View profile
  25. Simon Aeneas Mackintosh 1996-2000 Director View profile
  26. Magnus Duncan Linklater 1994-1996 Director View profile
  27. Martin Christopher Lee 1994-1997 Director View profile
  28. Joan Amelia Lingard 1994-1998 Director View profile
  29. Peter Patrick Janson-Smith 1994-1999 Director View profile
  30. John Mitchinson 1994-2000 Director View profile
  31. William Kilpatrick Campbell 1992-2001 Director View profile
  32. Professor David Godfrey Punter 1992-1997 Director View profile
  33. Jennifer Ann Brown 1991-2024 Director View profile
  34. Edward Hunter Davies 1990-1995 Director View profile
  35. Dorothy Dunnett 1990-1995 Director View profile
  36. Douglas Andrew Connell 1990-1995 Director View profile
  37. Colin Thomas Webb 1990-1997 Director View profile
  38. Colin Bennie Kirkwood 1990 Director View profile
  39. Prof Alexander Norman Jeffares 1990 Director View profile
  40. Mary Ross Baxter 1990 Director View profile
  41. David Lionel Flatman 1991 Director View profile
  42. David Ainslie Thin 2000 Director View profile
  43. Martyn Goff 1990 Director View profile
  44. Stephanie Vivienne Wolfe-Murray 1991 Director View profile
  45. Donald Campbell Sillars 1990 Director View profile
  46. Sir Kenneth John Wilson Alexander 1991 Director View profile
  47. Lord Robert Balfour of Burleigh 1997 Director View profile
  48. David Robert Grant 1993 Director View profile
  49. Julie Patricia Weston 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  50. Sarah Jane Loveday 2013-2013 Secretary View profile
  51. Andrew Nicholas Furneaux Coulton 2009-2013 Secretary View profile
  52. Kathleen Mary Mainland 2006-2009 Secretary View profile
  53. Lyn Jane Trotter 2003-2006 Secretary View profile
  54. Jacqueline Florence Sinclair Thin 2000-2002 Secretary View profile
  55. Susan Hardie 1998-2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
01/09/1982

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Edinburgh International Book Festival Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

14 directors on the board

1.8y median 1.3y
average tenure
8.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (8)

1
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Arts and leisure 3Professional services 2Retail and trade 2Education 1Finance 1Health and social care 1Other services 1Tech and media 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
SC079939
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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